Soup
A warming winter stew
Eek cooked cabbage! Not the nicest of thoughts for some of us. But paired up with golden kumara, peanuts, ginger and cayenne all your memories of soggy cooked cabbage will be forgotten. During the winter months this dish is a weekly staple in my kitchen. It’s a throw-it-all-in-the-pot type meal and goes well over couscous or […]
Simple summer soup
When I want to combine all the flavours of summer this is the soup I crave. Simple, tasty and flexible. 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 carrot, chopped 2-3 new potatoes, scrubbed, halved and sliced thickly 1 zucchini, chopped Handful of green beans 2 tomatoes 6 cups water/vegetable stock 1 C fresh basil […]
8 ingredients you usually throw out but shouldn’t
It’s no more “off with your skin and out you go!” Your relationship with vegetable waste is about to deepen. Vegetable stock is the ever versatile ingredient that will add depth to your soups and sauces. And you can easily make your own. Collect vegetable trimmings into a container in your fridge and you’ll soon […]
Miso: the number 1 health food you must have in your fridge
Fast food (that’s healthy) has actually been around since before fridges were invented. Those folks in the Far East know a thing or two about health, longevity and happiness. Legend has it that miso was given by the gods to bestow all three. Traditional oriental medicine has valued miso as a supreme medicine for the […]